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“Earlier versions of the Boy Scout Handbook focus on responsibilities: your obligations as a citizen, an emphasis on honor, a respect for the labor of your elders. Later versions focus instead on your rights and freedoms—or perhaps only your convenience.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, FDR spurred the nation to unite and act collectively. After 9/11, George W. Bush encouraged us to keep shopping.”

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I really like this section on how to respond to library challenges - it's got some good, practical tips for keeping things respectful and diffusing potentially combative situations.

"Hence, administrators preemptively pull books even before they are challenged."

Yep.

"Censorship is most effective when nobody talks about it."

Which is one of my problems with the way my own library is handling Texas' SB412 and SB20.

Also, this is excellent so far, the kind of stuff I had thought/hoped I'd see more of in Amanda Jones' book.